Eric Church chokes up during Las Vegas shooting tribute
Eric Church performed at the Grand Ole Opry days after the horrific massacre in Las Vegas. The country star broke down before dedicating a song to the victims including Sonny Melton, who lost his life in the shooting, and his wife Heather. The couple had tickets to attend the show.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country star Eric Church struggled to hold back tears in a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas and debuted a song he wrote in their honor called "Why Not Me."
Church was a headliner at the Route 91 Harvest Festival two days before a gunman opened fire on a crowd of thousands Sunday night.
During his performance Wednesday at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, Church declared: "Those were my people. Those were my fans."
The singer pointed out two seats left empty in the Opry house for Sonny Melton, of Paris, Tennessee, who died, and his wife, Heather, who survived. He said no amount of bullets can take away his memories of those fans.
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